interjection:

• look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute; hold on - familiar language - female language

noun:

• rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

noun / ~する noun:

• down (opposite of up); becoming lower; being brought down; bringing down
• being down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work)
• down (e.g. a system); not running (e.g. servers) - IT term
• download; downstream - abbreviation - IT term

noun:

• down (feathers)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to expedite; to precipitate - usu. 早める
• to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate - usu. 速める

noun:

• scattering
• leaflets - esp. チラシ - usually written using kana alone
• sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top - abbreviation ➜ 散らし寿司
• writing in an irregular hand - abbreviation ➜ 散らし書き

noun / ~する noun:

• coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance)

noun:

• musicians' box on the left side of the stage
• lower seat ➜ 下座【しもざ】

noun:

• ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability
• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track

noun:

• kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc. - Food term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, slippers, pants, a skirt, etc.) ➜ 着替える
• to put on the wrong pair of shoes by mistake ➜ 履き違える

noun / ~する noun:

• taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon
• taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

noun:

• the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)

noun:

• waste-water port (of a dam, sewer, etc.); freeing port (on a ship)
• water hose outlet (for firefighting)

noun:

• title of a scripture or sacred text (e.g. Buddhist sutra)
• title on a scroll or rolled book ➜ 巻き物【まきもの】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out
• to knock over; to tip over
• to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse

expression / godan ~る verb:

• for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to request; to beg; to ask
• to call; to order; to reserve
• to entrust to
• to rely on - esp. 恃む

noun:

• article for sale; goods for sale; offering; For Sale (on a sign)
• specialty; selling point

noun:

• work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; on-the-job accident - abbreviation ➜ 労働災害
• workers' compensation insurance - abbreviation ➜ 労災保険

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the battle line; come back to the game (on to the field); a comeback - four character idiom

noun:

• flat part of the top of the cranium
• plate-like depression on the head of kappa ➜ 河童

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to smash; to crush; to flatten
• to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop
• to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart
• to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food)
• to kill (time); to while away (the time)
• to waste (e.g. talents)

noun:

• commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wandering; wavering; aimlessly; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind - onomatopoeia

noun:

• continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
• follow-through (e.g. in archery)
• lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to sell out
• to sell widely; to sell on a large scale